Cap. 214F 《十進制修訂(雜類牌照條例)令》Metrication Amendments (Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance) Order
生效中Metrication Amendments (Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance) Order
[30 July 1982]
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2021)
1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Metrication Amendments (Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance) Order.
2. General prohibition of use of non-metric units in documents
Subject to paragraph 3, the use of non-metric units in documents submitted under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance (Cap. 114) on or after the commencement* of this Order is prohibited.
3. Circumstances in which non-metric units may continue to be used
Non-metric units shall continue to be used in documents submitted under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance (Cap. 114) until 1 January 1983—
where such documents constitute amendments to, or otherwise relate to, other documents in which non-metric units have been used; and
where such other documents were submitted before the commencement* of this Order, unless such other documents were resubmitted incorporating the use of metric terms in place of the non-metric terms previously used.
4. Prohibition of the use of metric units and non-metric units together
No document shall be submitted under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance (Cap. 114) containing references to both metric and non-metric units.
5. Amendment of specified enactments
Without prejudice to the paragraph 3 or 6, each of the enactments specified in the first column of the Schedule is amended by deleting the expression specified in the second column in relation to that enactment, and substituting for each expression so deleted the expression, if any, opposite to it in the third column.
6. Saving
In respect of any premises or equipment which on the commencement* of this Order is included in any licence, permit or other authority granted under an enactment specified in the first column of the Schedule, or in any application for such, the references specified in the second column shall continue to apply as if they had not been affected by this Order so long as the licence, permit or other authority in which it is or becomes included, or any renewal thereof, remains in force.